News After NDTV India, Another News Channel Ordered To Go Off Air On Nov 9

[Simbu]

Delhi: After NDTV India, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has ordered 'News Time Assam', a regional channel, to go off air on November 9 for multiple violations of programming guidelines.

According to a government order dated November 2, the channel is alleged to have revealed the identity of a minor who was brutally tortured while working as a domestic servant.


The order observed that the visuals telecast by the channel appeared to compromise the privacy and dignity of the child while also exposing him to harm and stigma. A showcause notice was issued to the channel in October 2013, it said.

Having listened to the channel's version, the Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC), which looked into the matter, said the channel should be taken off air for a day.

The matter was reconsidered as some other channels had also shown similar content for which they had been issued warnings, but the committee looked at all the circumstances and again recommended taking it off air for a day, the order said.

The channel has been also accused of showing images of dead bodies.

On another occasion, the committee said the channel also did not comply with an order to air an apology for telecasting a show which appeared to be derogatory towards women.

The ministry order mentions all the three cases and says that the "IMC clarified that the TV channel can be allowed to carry out the three awards of one day off air concurrently."

Quoting rules under the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, it said that the government "orders to prohibit the transmission or retransmission of News Time Assam TV channel for one day on any platform throughout India with effect from 00:01 hours on 9th November, 2016 till 00:01 hours on 10th November, 2016."

NDTV India has been told it must go off air on Wednesday as penalty for its coverage of the terror attack on the Pathankot Air Force base in January

NDTV has refuted the claims that its Hindi channel provided sensitive information during the terror attack and has said its broadcast offered no details that were not reported by other channels and newspapers, adding that it is considering all its options.

SOURCE : NDTV
LINK : After NDTV India, Another News Channel Ordered To Go Off Air On Nov 9 - NDTV.com

 

[IndianMascot]

Wah. Finally actions happening. Now news channels will be more sensitized and work more responsibly

 

[Devesh]

Yes.... all these things are needed..... great .

 

[DashMajor]

Much needed step.


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[IndianMascot]

It's high time these things need to be taken care seriously by channels. With this step channels will be more serious while reporting.

 

[DashMajor]

But instead they claiming it as questioning in Freedom of Press.

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[IndianMascot]

India don't need such freedom of speech where national security is compromised and victims are more victimized

 

[DashMajor]

I think as of now criticism is a best way to proof honesty, hence supporting wrong deeds to become positive.

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[THAKUR]

The Indian government continues with its caning of TV news channels. After NDTV India, it is now the turn of Pratidin Time or News Time Assam to be told to go off air on the powers-that-be’s favourite date 9 November for gross and multiple programming code violations. Pratidin Time has been accused of revealing the identity of a minor victim, showing images of mutilated bodies, and making derogatory statements about women in shows.



The violation that has been gravely objected to is the one relating to a minor boy for which the day-long ban is being issued. The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) issued an order dated 2 November saying that the channel revealed the identity of a minor who was brutally tortured while working as a domestic servant, thus compromising his privacy and dignity and exposing him to harm and stigma.

A high level inter-ministerial committee (IMC) took the decision to compel the channel to turn off its signals for a day after hearing its defence.

The MIB says that Pratidin Time has time and again being showing images of bodies of dead victims. It has also not being complying with earlier MIB orders which asked it to apologize for airing a show which appeared to be derogatory towards women.

The MIB in its current order has stated that Pratidin Time that all the three cases will be covered under the one day ban. It has further explained that under the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, it "orders to prohibit the transmission or retransmission of News Time Assam TV channel for one day on any platform throughout India with effect from 00:01 hours on 9th November, 2016 till 00:01 hours on 10th November, 2016."

http://www.indiantelevision.com/tel...din-time-banned-for-one-day-once-again-161106

 

[DashMajor]

Banning is not a solution its a sympathy gainer. Start penalizing these broadcaster like 5 crore - 10 crores per day automatically these channels will shutdown.

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